Final cut

Here is the final cut of my coursework.

Preliminary Final Video

Here is the final video for our preliminary task.

Evaluation Q7 - Powerpoint

Here is our preliminary task.

PLAN 
- sound (main thing - ambience, dialogue etc.)
- practicals e.g. time for reshoot, doing shots more than once,
- organisation (shotlist, script etc.)
- continuity throughout shots

Evaluation Q6 - Animation

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Evaluation Q4&5 - Video

PLAN 
what is the target audience?
- young adults to middle aged people

how did you attract/address them?
content
- by making it in the style of a drama film as my target audience are more likely to want to go and watch them
- by having characters around the same age as them (so it's easier for them to relate and therefore they will want to watch more)
- by using appropriate language in the narration (fitting to the age and making it easy for them to understand - e.g. not much slang etc.)

distribution
- share on social media (especially groups which contain a lot of adults e.g. groups for parents or village/town communities)
- posters e.g. on buses/at bus stops/on noticeboards
- trailer being shown online and also in the cinema (ref. audience research video as many adults enjoy going to the cinema)

Evaluation Q3 - Podcast

PLANNING

Cinema - it's got quite a wide audience so is suitable for mainstream cinema (not just indie e.g. cinema city)
                     - probably be a cinema like cinema city norwich as they show mainly indie british films

DVD - again wide audience, more accessible form so can be bought online for download etc.

Streaming sites e.g. Netflix - might reach people who aren't necessarily initially interested in it as it won't cost them anything to watch my film in particular

Evaluation Q2 - Written

How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In general, middle aged white males are usually presented as being quite ordinary. They are often shown to be middle-class, have an ordinary job and a family. I think my media product is a fairly accurate representation, as my character is represented as almost all of these things - the only thing that isn't told to the audience is whether or not he has a family. 

COSTUME
In my film, the main character is wearing jeans, a white shirt, a dark jumper and a coat. They are all quite plain and boring, and nothing about them sticks out (apart from the trainers, which are a key part to the story). I feel this is a fairly accurate representation of the social group I am presenting, as white, middle aged males, especially when they are going to work (as my character is) don’t tend to dress very extravagantly. I also know the costume is a fairly accurate representation because I got it from the person who’s actually playing the character, and so it’s as true to life as it possibly could be.

SETTING/PROPS
I think the setting also represents white, middle aged males quite accurately. I tried to pick locations that are typically visited by people of any age, and so it’s not somewhere a character like mine would be out of place. I tried to make the set dressing/props quite sparse and ordinary, which reflects both the pace and mood of the stereotypical middle aged man's life.

NARRATION
The narration I used, in my opinion, provides a true representation of the social group I am presenting. Firstly, it was voiced by a middle aged man, and so the actual voice itself is accurate, and secondly, the content and tone reflects the repetitiveness of many middle aged men’s (and also middle aged people in general) lives.